Zoonym phraseological units as hate speech in youth vocabulary

Vitanova-Ringaceva, Ana and Marolova, Darinka and Kuzmanovska, Dragana and Ivanova, Biljana (2024) Zoonym phraseological units as hate speech in youth vocabulary. Education and new developments 2024, 1 (1). pp. 185-189. ISSN 2184-1489

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Abstract

Phrasemes with a zoonymic component represent a very significant segment in the phraseological fund of
a language. The term zoonym is actually a general noun that is used to name an animal. However, zoonyms
as lexical components have the ability to connect with another lexeme within the phraseme. When such
linking takes place, the zoonym loses its basic lexical meaning. With that, the zoonym no longer denotes a
specific animal, but acquires a new function. The zoonym becomes a metaphor, the breakdown of which
leads to the discovery of certain character traits, mental characteristics, external characteristics, or
emotional states that relate to man. Such properties of zoonyms speak of their high productivity in the
formation of phraseological units. Zoonyms very easily become an integral part of young people's speech,
especially in everyday colloquial communication. Following these, we detected several phraseological
compositions in which a zoonym is used, with the aim of indicating some characteristic of the one to whom
the phraseological unit is addressed. The use of zoonyms in phrasemes often initiates direct or indirect
speech in which hate can be recognized. Being aware that hate speech is becoming a common occurrence
in language communication (oral or written), we did research involving students. The research gave solid
results that in the future can be an impetus for deeper research on this topic.

Item Type:	Article
Uncontrolled Keywords:	Zoonyms, phraseological units, young people, hate speech.
Subjects:	Humanities > Languages and literature
Divisions:	Faculty of Philology
Depositing User:	Dragana Kuzmanovska
Date Deposited:	28 Jun 2024 09:20
Last Modified:	28 Jun 2024 09:20
URI:	https://eprints.ugd.edu.mk/id/eprint/34373

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